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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Tele-MANAS Scheme
Rs. 120.98 crore has been allocated for National Tele-Mental Health Programme 
Tele-MANAS services are available in 20 languages provided through 130 Mental Health Professionals, 173 District Mental Health Program Personnel and 580 Tele-MANAS Counsellors
The Government has launched a “National Tele Mental Health Programme” on 10th October, 2022, to further improve access to quality mental health counselling and care services in the country. NIMHANS, Bengaluru is the National Apex Centre, coordinated activities of Tele MANAS across India. For the year 2022-23, a total of Rs. 120.98 crore has been allocated for National Tele-Mental Health Programme .
A total of 43,861 calls have been received up to 31.01.2023 across India under Tele-MANAS. The services under Tele-MANAS Programme are provided through 130 Mental Health Professionals, 173 DMHP personnel and 580 Tele-MANAS Counsellors. At present, the Tele-MANAS services are available in 20 languages based on languages opted by states: Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Konkani, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Bodo, Dogri, Urdu, Manipuri, Mizo and Rajasthani.
The Government conducted the National Mental Health Survey  of India through the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences , Bengaluru in 2016, which states that the prevalence of mental disorders in adults over the age of 18 years is about 10.6%. The treatment gap for mental disorder range 70% to 92% for different disorders.
The budget allocated for mental health services under the Ministry, including allocation for the following institutes 2019, year-wise is as follows:
- National Mental Health Programme 
- District Mental Health Programme 
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences , Bengaluru
- Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health , Tezpur Assam
- Central Institute of Psychiatry , Ranchi
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Year
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Total Health Budget 
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Total Allocation for Mental Health 
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1
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2019-20
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62659.12
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747.85
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2
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2020-21
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65011.80
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713.01
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3
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2021-22
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71268.77
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846.17
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4
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2022-23
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83000.00
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949.74
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Table Tennis player, Manika Batra for winning Bronze Medal at Asian Cup
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Table Tennis player, Manika Batra for winning Bronze Medal at Asian Cup.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"I congratulate Manika Batra for scripting history for Indian Table Tennis at the Asian Cup by winning a Bronze. Her success will inspire many athletes across India and will make Table Tennis even more popular. @manikabatra_TT"
Ministry of Railways
Operation of Trains Services
To prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Railways discontinued all regular passenger carrying train w.e.f. 23rd March, 2020. Indian Railways, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Government from time to time, resumed passenger train operations w.e.f. 1st May, 2020 by operating Shramik special trains followed by operation of Rajdhani Special services w.e.f. 12th May, 2020 and other special trains w.e.f 1st June, 2020. The number of services have been increased in a phased manner and presently, Indian Railways is operating 1328 Mail/Express Special Trains, 206 Passenger trains and 5350 Suburban Trains, which are in addition to 684 Festival Special also being operated.
Based on the request of the State Governments concerned, Indian Railways, w.e.f 11.11.2020, resumed suburban services, on a limited basis, over Eastern and South Eastern Railway serving the Kolkata area and that over Southern Railway serving Chennai area w.e.f 23.11.2020. 705 Suburban services in Mumbai area,  were started w.e.f 15.06.2020 for limited class of passengers. However, w.e.f 01.02.2021, all categories of passenger have been permitted to travel in local train services in Mumbai area during the non-peak hours. Indian Railways is keeping a close watch on the prevailing situation and is resuming train operations in a phased manner.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Election Commission
Bye Election to the Council of States from Haryana
There is a casual vacancy in the Council of States from Haryana as per following details:
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Name of Members
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Reason
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Date of vacancy
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Term Up to
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Sh. Birender Singh
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Resignation
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20.01.2020
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01.08.2022
The Commission has decided to hold bye-election to the Council of States from Haryana to fill up the above said vacancy in accordance with the following schedule: -
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Dates
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Issue of Notifications
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06th March, 2020 
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Last date of making nominations
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13th March, 2020 
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Scrutiny of nominations
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16th March, 2020 
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
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18th March, 2020 
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Date of Poll
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26th March, 2020 
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Hours of Poll
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09:00 am to 04:00 pm
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Counting of Votes
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26th March, 2020 
at 05:00 pm
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Date before which election shall be completed
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30th March, 2020 
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
SCO Film Festival 2023 opens in Mumbai
I&B Minister Anurag Thakur calls for forging cinematic partnership among SCO nations
"Bharat Hai Hum" animation series promo launched
Mumbai / New Delhi 28.1.2023
The five day SCO Film Festival opened in Mumbai Friday evening in a glittering ceremony with the Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur and Minister of State Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi lighting the lamp along with other dignitaries.
The Guest of Honour at the opening ceremony Ms. Hema Malini and other eminent film personalities like Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Sajid Nadiadwala, Esha Gupta, Poonam Dhillon, Eli Avram, Hrishita Bhatt and Jacky Bhagnani were felicitated on the occasion.
"Indian movies are a rage across SCO countries and have played a great role in people-to-people connections " said the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur adding that showcasing the diversity of films and styles of film making from SCO region is a major goal of the film festival. Shri Thakur firther said this festival provides an incredible opportunity to forge cinematic partnership between the countries of this region.
The SCO Film Festival screens a total of 57 films and 14 Films have been nominated in the Competition Section of the Film Festival. These include PanNalin's Oscar short listed Gujarati Film 'ChhelloShow' and Nikhil Mahajan's award winning Marathi Film 'Godavari'.
The SCO Film Festival is being held during India's Presidency of the International Cooperation Organization. It also coincides with the celebration of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
'Bharat Hai Hum' animation series promo released
On this occasion, the Promo of the animation series "Bharat Hai Hum" was released. The 52 part series being produced by the Central Bureau of Communication in collaboration with Graphiti Multimedia on behalf of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, tells the story of known and unknown freedom fighters to our most precious audience - the Children. The series under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav banner is being anchored by the affable cartoon characters Krish, Trish and Baltiboy created by Munjal Shroff and Tilak Shetty. Veteran playback singer Sudesh Bhosale has given the voice over.
About SCO
Shanghai Cooperation Organization , formed in 2001 is the world's largest regional organization in terms of geographic scope and population, covering approximately 60% of the area of Eurasia, 40% of the world population, and more than 30% of global GDP. India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are the member nations.
Ministry of Finance
Rationalization of customs duty and procedures to give boost to “Make in India” initiative
RFID technology to be used to improve export logistics
The Government has undertaken rationalization of customs duties and procedures to promote the “Make in India” initiative.
While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal said, “The Government has abolished duties on 36 capital goods. A revised system of importing duty-free capital goods and inputs for manufacture and export has been introduced, along with introduction of single point of approval under Section 65 of the Customs Act.
Indian Customs is introducing full and comprehensive digitalization of export/import transactions and leveraging RFID technology to improve export logistics, the Minister added.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Extended producer responsibility guidelines to strengthen circular economy of plastic packaging waste and allow for development of the waste management sector through involvement of formal and informal sector
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the Guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility  for plastic packaging vide Plastic Waste Management  Rules, 2022, on 16th February 2022. The Guidelines stipulate mandatory targets on EPR, recycling of plastic packaging waste, reuse of rigid plastic packaging and use of recycled plastic content.
The year-wise target for minimum level of recycling of plastic waste across different categories of plastic packaging is given below:
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Year
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Target

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2024-25
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30-50
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2025-26
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40-60
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2026-27
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50-70
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2027-28 onwards
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60-80
In the written reply it was stated that the enforceable obligation of minimum level of recycling of plastic packaging waste collected under extended producer responsibility guidelines will further strengthen circular economy of plastic packaging waste and allow for development of the waste management sector through involvement of formal/informal sector. As per Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, as amended, Central Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committees, as required, enforce the provisions of the rules. Direction was issued on 6th October 2020 to all SPCBs/PCCs regarding registration of plastic brand owners/ producers and fulfilment of EPR as per provision of PWM Rules.
It was also stated that the centralized EPR portal for plastic packaging has a separate module for sale and purchase of surplus EPR certificates. The total number of registered producers, importers and brand owners on the centralized EPR portal for plastic packaging is 5000 with an EPR target of 22.37 Lakh TPA. The total number of registered plastic waste processors is 1602.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launches online portal for issue of NOC for power, oil and gas exploration projects
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Y Naik today launched a new web portal for issue of No Objection Certificate  for power projects and Research Survey Exploration Exploitation  activities in the Indian Territorial Waters  and Exclusive Economic Zone .
Ministry of Defence  accords security clearances to various private/Public Sector Undertakings /Government organisations for power/wind/solar projects in areas nearby defence installations and also RSEE activities in the Indian TW and EEZ for applications received through different Ministries like Ministry of New and renewable Energy , Ministry of Power, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Shipping, Director General of Hydrocarbons, etc.
To ensure ease of business and transparency in issuing NOC for such projects, the Ministry has developed the online application portal with the assistance of National e-Governance Division , Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics  and National Informatics Centre . The address for the new online portal is https://ncog.gov.in/modnoc/home.html.
The newly developed MoD web portal will facilitate the applicants in submitting their proposals online for seeking MoD Security Clearance for undertaking Power Projects/RSEE activities. The Online System will establish an effective, speedy and transparent mechanism to process these proposals. The Ministry has earlier launched a similar portal for grant of NOC for aerial survey.
Chief of Defence Staff & Secretary Department of Military Affairs General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria and Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and other senior officials of MoD were present on the occasion. Senior officials of other concerned Ministries joined the event through video conferencing.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Shri Bhaskar Khulbe, Advisor to the Hon’ble Prime Minister visits the newly inaugurated TRIFED Head Office premises
Newly designed products from the H&IG Design workshop training programs launched
Shri Bhaskar Khulbe, Advisor to the Hon’ble Prime Minister visited the new TRIFED office headquarters in New Delhi today. The new Office premises at NSIC Complex, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-III, New Delhi had been recently inaugurated by Shri Arjun Munda, Minister for Tribal Affairs.
Shri Khulbe was taken on a tour of the 30,000 sq ft office by the MD, TRIFED Shri Pravir Krishan and ED, TRIFED Shri Anupam Trivedi . The office has state-of-the-art infrastructure, including video conferencing and other latest amenities. Shri Khulbecomplimented the TRIFED team for the office infrastructure and wished the TRIFED team much success in their mission.
On the occasion, Shri Khulbe also launched twenty-five newly designed products from completed Design Workshop training programmes. These products include attractive blue pottery handicrafts and warm and attractive woollen products. These were developed during workshop training programmes conducted for Boksa tribal artisans at Rishikiesh and Meena tribal artisans at Jaipur.
Shri Khuble said, “It is noteworthy that TRIFED has been consistently bringing out new initiatives that takes care of all aspects of tribal empowerment, such as the attractively designed H&IG products which are sustainable and marketable.”
As the national nodal agency TRIFED has been working extensively to help market and promote the indigenous products that tribal groups across the country have been producing since centuries. As a part of its strategies for tribal development, TRIFED has been organising Skill upgradation & Design Development Workshops. These workshops are run through TRIFED’s Handicraft and Income Generation Training Programs. The aim is to develop new products through training of artisans and creating a sustainable supply base of tribal handicrafts for marketing development of their products for their livelihood development. During the pandemic, extra efforts had been made for skill development of the tribal artisans. 17 training Programs were approved. They benefitted 340 tribal artisans for developing 170 new designed products. The products launched today were from two recently completed Design workshop training programs for the Boksa tribal artisans at Rishikesh and Meena tribal artisans at Jaipur. All the products being developed will be sold via TRIBES India retail outlets and dot coms.
Shri Bhaskar Khulbe visited the Tribes India showroom within the office premises and interacted enthusiastically with the team and imparted them with his wisdom and experience.
Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED thanked Shri Khulbe for his inspiring visit and affirmed his commitment to TRIFED’s mission towards making the tribalsatmanirbhar and self-reliant.”
TRIFED, as the nodal agency working towards tribal empowerment, is working to improve the income and livelihood of the tribal people, while preserving their way of life and traditions.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union MoS for Home Affairs Shri G Kishan Reddy presides over the Police Commemoration Day in Guwahati today
India continues with its policy of Zero-Tolerance against Terrorism: Shri G. Kishan Reddy
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy said that India continues with its policy of zero-tolerance against terrorism. Shri Reddy was speaking at the Police Commemoration Day organised by Assam Police in Guwahati today, where he asserted that Indian forces have been capable of thwarting all threats to India’s internal security and there have been a reduction in casualties of Police Personnel and civilians.
Addressing the gathering during the ‘Smriti Parade’, Shri Reddy said that the entire country salutes our police forces, their families and remember with pride those brave police personnel martyred in the line of duty this day on Police Commemoration Day. Acknowledging the exemplary service rendered by Assam Police, the Minister said that in the several decades of fighting insurgency and militancy Assam Police have displayed great professional qualities, courage and valour in the conduct of counter intelligence operations.
“Assam Police personnel have sacrificed their lives in battle against militants and insurgents, tackling crime, ensuring security in the border areas, maintenance of law & order, apart from helping the needy in times of floods and other natural disasters”, the Minister said. Since 1964, a total of 879 Assam Police Personnel have laid down their lives for maintenance of law order & order in the state, he added.
Lauding with great pride the supreme sacrifices made by Assam Police Personnel, Shri Reddy said that it is because of them that the security situation in Assam has completely changed and they have ushered in an era of peace and prosperity with a fillip to investment opportunities in the state. The entire state is carrying forward the Vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of Act East Policy in word and spirit, he added. The Minister attributed courage, sincerity and devotion to duty as hallmark of Assam Police.
While speaking to the media, the Minister appealed to all the remaining militant or insurgent groups of the Northeast to lay down their arms and join the mainstream where they can also contribute to progress of the nation. He added that everyone should abjure violence and in a democracy like India, there is no place for violence and that every difference can be sorted out through dialogue in a peaceful manner.
The Union Minister, DGP, Assam and other senior most officers of each rank present in the ‘Smriti Parade’ laid wreath at the Memorial column. During the programme, officers of the Assam Police Headquarters also read out the names of the Police Officers/Men who have lost their lives in harness during 01-09-2018 to 31-08-2019.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Paying homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti. Through his extensive body of work, he showcased the greatness of India’s ethos. #VandeMataram, penned by him, inspires us to serve India with humility and devote ourselves towards empowering our fellow Indians."
Ministry of Home Affairs
Cabinet Secretary chairs NCMC meeting to review preparedness to deal with Severe Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ over West Bengal and Odisha
A meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee , chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba, was held today to review the preparedness to deal with Severe cyclone ‘Bulbul’over the Bay of Bengal and likely to affect coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha.
India Meteorological Department  informed that the cyclone that had developed in Bay of Bengal, has now intensified and is likely to cross the West Bengal coast by the early morning of 10th November, 2019. Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall, accompanied by winds reaching upto 110-120 kmph and tidal waves up to 1.5 metre, are expected.
Officials of West Bengal and Odisha Governments informed that necessary preparations have been made by them, and, SDRF and Fire Service teams have been positioned. Fishing operations have been suspended and people in low lying areas being evacuated to shelter homes. While 14 teams of NDRF have been positioned, additional teams are being deployed at the request of states. Officials of Ministry of Defenceintimated that teams of Coast Guard, Indian Navy are already deployed and Army and Air Force are on standby.
Cabinet Secretary took stock of the current situation and preparedness for rescue and relief operations, and, directed that immediate assistance, as required, be provided. He advised both States to take all steps to avoid casualties and damage to infrastructure and assured them of all assistance from the Centre in this regard. State Government of West Bengal was specifically requested to ensure that people in low lying areas in Sagar islands, East Medinipur and North & South 24 Pargana districts are evacuated to prevent any loss of life. State Governments were also requested to ensure that all fishermen presently at sea are brought back to the shore.
Senior officials of the Ministries of Home, Defence, as well as those from IMD and NDRF, NDMA attended the meeting. Senior officers from West Bengal and Orissa participated in the meeting through Video Conference.